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to discuss new directions for the middle east i'm joined by harold wrote in washington he's an expert on islam and the middle east also in washington we have here one delta and he is rector of the international transcend peace university and author of fall of the us empire and then what and another member of our crosstalk team eleanor hunger all right gentlemen you have differences of opinion this is crosstalk so you can jump in anytime you want harold if i go to you first we've all been watching the events going on in north africa first that we have it in tunisia egypt and now a very bloody ended appears are going on in libya here let's look forward what kind of middle east is coming into being in north africa how do you see it in reflecting upon the events of the revolutions as it were. well it is absolutely wonderful but people should have the opportunity to be themselves but to be free of autocratic and dictatorial rule which is bend the case that most of the middle east with the exception of iraq for some time now. there's only one problem democracy is not the natural state of ma
to discuss new directions for the middle east i'm joined by harold wrote in washington he's an expert on islam and the middle east also in washington we have here one delta and he is rector of the international transcend peace university and author of fall of the us empire and then what and another member of our crosstalk team eleanor hunger all right gentlemen you have differences of opinion this is crosstalk so you can jump in anytime you want harold if i go to you first we've all been...
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asia east asia and the middle east in each case there is a country that unnerves the neighborhood and if that the contrary you seen very little in the way of major weapons purchases in latin america where by and large none of the neighbors are terribly concerned about any of the other neighbors ok there's some purchases i speak but yeah i mean paul and i mean it was brought up here i guess iran indirectly i mean if you didn't have countries like saudi arabia that were buying state of the art and i mean in huge amounts dollar amounts in some of the other smaller smaller neighbors to saudi arabia then why that is why iran wants to build up its military i mean it is doing it for at least defensive purposes i mean if someone is militarizing your border your neighborhood you don't have much option but to react and i'm not justifying or or agreeing with the iranians here but just on that on a principle basis of someone's arming their your border you have to react. well one could raise that as a proportionality aspects and is what is being supplied and discussions on more than sixty billion
asia east asia and the middle east in each case there is a country that unnerves the neighborhood and if that the contrary you seen very little in the way of major weapons purchases in latin america where by and large none of the neighbors are terribly concerned about any of the other neighbors ok there's some purchases i speak but yeah i mean paul and i mean it was brought up here i guess iran indirectly i mean if you didn't have countries like saudi arabia that were buying state of the art...
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live from moscow i mean east now i read the headlines middle east on fire protesters in libya where government buildings and supports the country's leader led experts and politicians play western involvement stoking the bottom traps into . writing how small arms latvian students want compensation for what they lost during world war two like their governments turning a blind eye to the crimes of the nazis and importance it a liberating force on the continent of consultants. and the lads facing an increasing population of out of work graduates of the struggling economy. fails to provide employment. though some experts believe that the us bogged down in wars and pressed by emerging powers will have to rethink its role in world affairs but norwegian sociologist you'll have gotten goes one step further for predicting the fall of the us empire in the near future his interview is up next. archie sitting down with professor johann galton an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the us empire and th
live from moscow i mean east now i read the headlines middle east on fire protesters in libya where government buildings and supports the country's leader led experts and politicians play western involvement stoking the bottom traps into . writing how small arms latvian students want compensation for what they lost during world war two like their governments turning a blind eye to the crimes of the nazis and importance it a liberating force on the continent of consultants. and the lads facing...
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for hopefully no use in the greater middle east how do they feel about it. well we wouldn't have any problem because we are transparent i mean i have used recently both sipri data and the un registry and of course the u.s. is. reports to both and provides all the information you want in the state department publishes data defense department publishes data customs department publish data you just commented about the package to saudi i mean. notified of every major purchase that's put in the federal register congress reviews it so i mean that there is no secret about what we provide anybody. with a couple of exceptions probably actually dealing with the u.k. in a nuclear stuff but in terms of the countries here and arrested in what we do is is highly public and of course no company does anything without as i just pointed out a license from the state department or a sail through the defense department who in turn makes this what i want then when i guess i don't have any problem at all joe i guess i kind of missed something in this conversation and we go back to
for hopefully no use in the greater middle east how do they feel about it. well we wouldn't have any problem because we are transparent i mean i have used recently both sipri data and the un registry and of course the u.s. is. reports to both and provides all the information you want in the state department publishes data defense department publishes data customs department publish data you just commented about the package to saudi i mean. notified of every major purchase that's put in the...
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the middle east could shatter into pieces the situation is extremely tense with president medvedev warns of extreme volatility in the arab world as the government pulls hundreds of russian workers out of libya. and a moscow a mock moscow version of the red planet has seen its lots of visitors for an hour after researchers take their final space walk as part of a simulated mission to mars. two am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story thousands of refugees are fleeing their homelands in search of a safe haven in europe as political unrest escalates across the arab world faced with a deluge of immigrants italy is raising concerns about security on its borders or he visits an island struggling to cope with the influx. no home no job and no guarantees the life of a refugee. i had to leave i can do my should i have no money. a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands despe
the middle east could shatter into pieces the situation is extremely tense with president medvedev warns of extreme volatility in the arab world as the government pulls hundreds of russian workers out of libya. and a moscow a mock moscow version of the red planet has seen its lots of visitors for an hour after researchers take their final space walk as part of a simulated mission to mars. two am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story thousands of refugees are fleeing their...
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democracies throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's going to. question transition that's the moment. to despise our problems are told we can't just close up we have to look at the world this place we live in but it may not be as simple as that unlike europe after the second world war egypt continues your own tool toward developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government's made extensive attempts to build relations build up regimes which are now being destroyed whether we're looking at military over the years to egypt so what we're looking out big deal tony blair was shaking hands on just a few years ago in libya was gadhafi so we need to be really careful particularly when we don't know what the final road for the final government things there is will be that we don't wind up with resources when we have the right one so if the muslim brotherhood takes over in egypt do we want them to be taking over with institutions which
democracies throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's going to. question transition that's the moment. to despise our problems are told we can't just close up we have to look at the world this place we live in but it may not be as simple as that unlike europe after the second world war egypt continues your own tool toward developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid...
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and more now on the ongoing unrest across the middle east and north africa r.t. speaks with you have any primakov former russian foreign minister an expert on the arab world about the implications of the unfolding events. thank you very much for finding time to talk to us. speaking of the recent up presence in north africa and in the arab world how possible is it in your opinion that they might have been incited from outside. i think we can safely discard foreign involvement as a factor in these purely internal affairs after they began however other countries definitely became concerned about what was happening i was in washington d.c. when the rights in egypt began meeting with state department officials we had a bilateral meeting on the middle east settlement i saw that my american counterparts were really shocked by the scale to which the events in egypt had escalated and incidentally the cia and other intelligence agencies were quickly criticised for not predicting the possibility of such an rest almost immediately though they became very active president oba
and more now on the ongoing unrest across the middle east and north africa r.t. speaks with you have any primakov former russian foreign minister an expert on the arab world about the implications of the unfolding events. thank you very much for finding time to talk to us. speaking of the recent up presence in north africa and in the arab world how possible is it in your opinion that they might have been incited from outside. i think we can safely discard foreign involvement as a factor in...
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to discuss democracy in the middle east i'm joined by ramsey by root in seattle he's the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle in jerusalem we go to israel made out he is the director of information resources at the manakin bagan heritage center and in london we go to come out and he is the chairman of the center for the study of terrorism and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect you have differences of opinion and i do encourage you to jump in here ok if i could go to ramsey first in seattle i think you know looking over the events that have happened in egypt and tunisia and as we're sitting down doing this program there are hundreds of thousands of people in the center of cairo protesting and demanding the end of the mubarak regime but over the last two weeks or so has the discourse of these dictators supported by the west they're the only things that they did they're the only people that are a barrier to extremism in the arab world isn't that that that dichotomy that that discourse in tatters or. right now if we l
to discuss democracy in the middle east i'm joined by ramsey by root in seattle he's the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle in jerusalem we go to israel made out he is the director of information resources at the manakin bagan heritage center and in london we go to come out and he is the chairman of the center for the study of terrorism and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect you have differences of opinion and i do...
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east except for really insightful people like robert fisk and other writers on the middle east if c.n.n. and fox and everybody all thought everything was hunky dory you know and all our great dictator friends are are are still in power for stability reasons but i mean i bring up the saudi card because the unexpected is happened and who knows what the future consequences of what we're seeing happening right now will be. well let's go back ten years to when condi rice and the bush administration introduce the greater middle east in the g. eight in two thousand and four well seven years and. this is part of a long planned scenario the pentagon is involved in at the state department is involved in it i think the reason that we've seen these these riots the i.m.f. cause the food crisis in tunisia just at the time that the hedge funds and wall street were pushing prices up using the bio diesel and the harvest failures in russia and such things but the there's a geo political trigger to this that is coming out of washington they're trying is there one person in washington turn to creative dest
east except for really insightful people like robert fisk and other writers on the middle east if c.n.n. and fox and everybody all thought everything was hunky dory you know and all our great dictator friends are are are still in power for stability reasons but i mean i bring up the saudi card because the unexpected is happened and who knows what the future consequences of what we're seeing happening right now will be. well let's go back ten years to when condi rice and the bush administration...
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coming up now and the president of russia of the middle east helps to shed some light on the turmoil in the middle east and north africa and the effect it could have on the region and the rest of the world spotlight this next. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.c. i'll be not one today we're talking about the iranian turmoil after a relatively peaceful change of power intonation popular unrest started spreading over the arab world the long standing the regime in egypt fell after weeks of bloodshed the regime of gadhafi is fighting violently to keep power in libya what's behind these riots and what may the changing regimes mean for the rest of the world let's ask him he needs that they're not the president of the institute that middle east. after forty years in power libyan dictator colonel gadhafi is very close to defeat the military machine if you launched against his own people has left hundreds dead yet the demonstrators are standing firm the libyan revolt is part of the unrest which rippled through north africa and the middle east in russia the leadershi
coming up now and the president of russia of the middle east helps to shed some light on the turmoil in the middle east and north africa and the effect it could have on the region and the rest of the world spotlight this next. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.c. i'll be not one today we're talking about the iranian turmoil after a relatively peaceful change of power intonation popular unrest started spreading over the arab world the long standing the regime in egypt...
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arms deal with countries in the middle east at this very sensitive time. could possibly comes to move leases are playing a part in some of the accusations now. well it is i mean we've seen just just very recently embarrassment for the u.k. after it was forced to revoke arms licenses to both bahrain and libya amidst fears that british arms had been used against protesters during the trouble but of course you can't sell arms to countries like this and to to police and military like this without being and still remain in control of what they're used for so although david cameron is now trying to ascertain that they weren't that british arms weren't used in the suppression of protesters one just can't have that kind of control if one is an arms selling country we've also seen in the past accusation of the u.k. selling arms in exchange for oil particularly in relation to saudi arabia and we've also seen over a number of years a very in a marriage to relationship between thora tarion gulf governments and the military and police forces of this country and in fact
arms deal with countries in the middle east at this very sensitive time. could possibly comes to move leases are playing a part in some of the accusations now. well it is i mean we've seen just just very recently embarrassment for the u.k. after it was forced to revoke arms licenses to both bahrain and libya amidst fears that british arms had been used against protesters during the trouble but of course you can't sell arms to countries like this and to to police and military like this without...
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hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle days of rage in revolution in the arab middle east is the era of dictators coming to an end in this vital region and as the west learned it is far better to put its space into the people on the ground instead of tyrants intends. to. discuss the middle east revolutions i'm joined by david worser in washington he's a former senior adviser to vice president dick cheney in irvine we go to mark le vine he is a professor of modern middle eastern history culture and islamic studies at the university of california irvine and in brussels we have read brody he is counsel in spokesperson for human rights watch and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right if i can go to mark first in irvine i'd like to look at a trend the last ten years and then since the time of the statehood of arab countries after the second world war primarily what has gone terribly wrong and i want to look at explicitly first at the last ten years ago so-called war on terror has that just been a total utter failure because you don't need to fight terroris
hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle days of rage in revolution in the arab middle east is the era of dictators coming to an end in this vital region and as the west learned it is far better to put its space into the people on the ground instead of tyrants intends. to. discuss the middle east revolutions i'm joined by david worser in washington he's a former senior adviser to vice president dick cheney in irvine we go to mark le vine he is a professor of modern middle eastern...
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the middle east could shatter into pieces the situation is extremely tense. but of warns of decades of turmoil if the protests continue in the arab world as the government sends planes to pick up hundreds of russians working in libya. plus the red planet seen its last guess for the time being with a six man crew making their final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to. its midnight moscow time live from the russian capital you're watching our team my name is kevin now in a warm welcome the main news this hour thousands of refugees fleeing their homelands in search of a safe haven in europe as the political unrest escalates across the arab world faced with a deluge of immigrants italy is raising concerns about security at its borders has come off as it's one island struggling to cope with the influx right now. no home no job and no guarantees the life of a refugee. i had to leave i couldn't even my should i have no money. a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of no
the middle east could shatter into pieces the situation is extremely tense. but of warns of decades of turmoil if the protests continue in the arab world as the government sends planes to pick up hundreds of russians working in libya. plus the red planet seen its last guess for the time being with a six man crew making their final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to. its midnight moscow time live from the russian capital you're watching our team my name is kevin now...
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democracy throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's called to. question transition that's the moment and yes i think. despite our problems that we just we have to look at the world we live in but it may not be as simple as unlike europe after the second world war egypt and. the developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government's made extensive attempts to build relations build up regimes which. being destroyed whether we're looking out. we're looking out it's a big deal i was shaking hands on just a few years ago in libya was gadhafi. be really careful particularly when we don't know what the. final government. but we don't want the job. so if the muslim brotherhood takes over in egypt do we want them to be taking over was institutions which were built up with western money westminster has been the scene of ugly demonstrations against government proposals to cut funds to some of the u.k.'s most vital services while some be
democracy throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's called to. question transition that's the moment and yes i think. despite our problems that we just we have to look at the world we live in but it may not be as simple as unlike europe after the second world war egypt and. the developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government's made extensive...
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on a few minutes former russian foreign minister and middle east expert. gives his analysis on the deepening problems in the region but first you guys here for the business update. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update the rally in the oil prices beginning over here is given the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our chief finance minister alexa couldn't says the high revenues will mean lower boring . sure. we're going to cut our initial plan for foreign borrowing due to the high oil price this year it could be cut by around five hundred billion rubles we have an opportunity which we haven't used yet to finance modernization with money from asia in particular this relates to projects in the far east in siberia the money could come in the form of loans foreign direct investment through the placement of projects in asia. let's have a quick look at the markets asian stocks are trading in the red this hour way down by political tensions in the middle east the nikkei lost almost two percent following the weakness in europe but
on a few minutes former russian foreign minister and middle east expert. gives his analysis on the deepening problems in the region but first you guys here for the business update. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update the rally in the oil prices beginning over here is given the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our chief finance minister alexa couldn't says the high revenues will mean lower boring . sure. we're going to cut our initial plan for foreign...
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now more on the fallout from the uprisings in north africa and the middle east shortly but first let's look ahead as we deal with the martian masters later this hour all stepping onto the red planet in the moscow region from our spire hundred crew are set to walk on their bomb mars for the last time before heading home. we. the official. called talk. radio. dot com. well more now on the unrest in the middle east and north africa where it's leading to a surge of illegal immigrants fleeing the trouble italy is boosting security on its borders to cope with thousands of refugees whose numbers grow as the violence spreads well our reports from the italian island of lampedusa. no real job and no guarantees the life of a refugee. i had to leave i can do them i should. see a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands desperate for a better life in europe who are willing to risk all. then a thermal
now more on the fallout from the uprisings in north africa and the middle east shortly but first let's look ahead as we deal with the martian masters later this hour all stepping onto the red planet in the moscow region from our spire hundred crew are set to walk on their bomb mars for the last time before heading home. we. the official. called talk. radio. dot com. well more now on the unrest in the middle east and north africa where it's leading to a surge of illegal immigrants fleeing the...
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east if you take and destabilize the freedom march so the whole middle east can be on fire there's a good chance that they'll burn the oil fields and we better have a backup plan. going to get a fan with them that yeah we better have a backup plan but should not have been planned more than two weeks ago if you were to start telling people drill baby drill two weeks ago that wouldn't have solved anything do you think that this is going to bring back you know the debate in america as to how do you know get away from our reliance on foreign oil. you know this is this is not a valid. the whole thing glenn beck this is. he. he's a kook and and i think that the you know this whole thing about the drill baby drill you know the one of the smartest analysts i know says why ever i had been asked the theory of depleted america first it doesn't make any sense to to drill in every single drop that the united states has you know you drill some here you buy some from a blog that the balanced diversified diet i do think that over time the administration not only this it ministration but china and ot
east if you take and destabilize the freedom march so the whole middle east can be on fire there's a good chance that they'll burn the oil fields and we better have a backup plan. going to get a fan with them that yeah we better have a backup plan but should not have been planned more than two weeks ago if you were to start telling people drill baby drill two weeks ago that wouldn't have solved anything do you think that this is going to bring back you know the debate in america as to how do...
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economy i made this unrest in the middle east. well you see in madison wisconsin that they are seeking a regime change in madison wisconsin to get rid of the dictator in madison wisconsin who's been in charge of transforming that economy in ways that are completely outside the scope of what americans are used to in terms of a fair wage for a job well done they want to bring in the same kind of reforms that america is famous for and doing in foreign countries to gallagher's those economies and to bring in the neo liberal model that has been privatization and banking banking cartel running while they want to do this in america so the people in madison wisconsin are revolting tens of thousands are in the street to join in this global insurrection against banker occupation so the americans are now joining with tunisia and egypt and the people in athens of people in dublin and of course the big winner the only country that's proven to be strong enough to stand up to the banking terrorist cartel has been iceland they put the bankers in
economy i made this unrest in the middle east. well you see in madison wisconsin that they are seeking a regime change in madison wisconsin to get rid of the dictator in madison wisconsin who's been in charge of transforming that economy in ways that are completely outside the scope of what americans are used to in terms of a fair wage for a job well done they want to bring in the same kind of reforms that america is famous for and doing in foreign countries to gallagher's those economies and...
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having a skewness foreign policy to sawley revolver the middle east. not solely but predominantly around the issue of israel i think if you're dealing israel which some of the new foreign policy establishment like j. street new america foundation are trying to do that actually a democratic egypt is not so misaligned with u.s. interests i think that's something that other people in the media and foreign part in the foreign policy community need to push at the same time i need to emphasize this both the pro-american and anti american regimes in the middle east or anti democratic syria and iran are by no means pro us but they're still anti-democratic so i think we just need to keep that in mind so we don't lose the nuances of the situation in the region hiring it that you know but nonetheless i mean it's i mean you can you can you can dislike hamas or hezbollah and things like that but by by international definitions they do practice democracy the people voted for them ok maybe there needs to be new elections but nonetheless i mean again you know to go ba
having a skewness foreign policy to sawley revolver the middle east. not solely but predominantly around the issue of israel i think if you're dealing israel which some of the new foreign policy establishment like j. street new america foundation are trying to do that actually a democratic egypt is not so misaligned with u.s. interests i think that's something that other people in the media and foreign part in the foreign policy community need to push at the same time i need to emphasize this...
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has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation he was calling for an end to the status quo which means a ride in uncertainty and rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of winning back up trying to push them back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to hear a lot of success that may not stop the u.s. from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya or oil reserves are massive under false pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest or people it has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations military. profits either way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government
has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation he was calling for an end to the status quo which means a ride in uncertainty and rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they...
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but first let's see who russians blame for middle east instability one of the arab world's longest and most entrenched leaders and a stock choice over the past week the world has seen a popular movement phase in egypt what will come after president mubarak is open to question the public opinion agency the baathists and i asked russians who is responsible for middle east instability twenty percent cited the united states fourteen percent blame islamic fundamentalists eight percent believe in. israel and six percent see western countries at fault with the rest all around the region what does the future hold. in the bill i think it's really quite interesting is that we've all kind of hinted it's either been direct or indirect in this program everybody's surprised about a democratizing arab world wow you know it's as if you know you know we've been told repeatedly that it's not possible they have to be help to they have to go through these stages a straw man you know all of this we've been fed in dictatorships in pursuit of american foreign policy and for american foreign policy interests
but first let's see who russians blame for middle east instability one of the arab world's longest and most entrenched leaders and a stock choice over the past week the world has seen a popular movement phase in egypt what will come after president mubarak is open to question the public opinion agency the baathists and i asked russians who is responsible for middle east instability twenty percent cited the united states fourteen percent blame islamic fundamentalists eight percent believe in....
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yes of dealing with the new middle east. but first let's see what russians think north african countries may achieve after their revolutions the social firmament in the middle east is changing the region many argue it will also change the world order however the transformation period is not yet over the public opinion agency lovato's and also question what can be the ultimate outcome of the public outrage in egypt thirty two percent said no progress forces will take power in the country thus improving people's living standards seventeen percent believe radical elements might take over thirteen percent see care and destruction of the government as a prospect and another seventeen percent think nothing will significantly change still the us has to liberate its new approach in dealing with this new arab world. ok you know and if i go back to you i mean we've heard a lot of rhetoric coming out of western capitals during these revolutions these uprisings of what the west wants to do. with a kind of a big red face because it reall
yes of dealing with the new middle east. but first let's see what russians think north african countries may achieve after their revolutions the social firmament in the middle east is changing the region many argue it will also change the world order however the transformation period is not yet over the public opinion agency lovato's and also question what can be the ultimate outcome of the public outrage in egypt thirty two percent said no progress forces will take power in the country thus...
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east the realities of the middle east are tough complex so right now there is what i consider hope and skepticism there's skepticism because yes for the first time in thirty years this egypt israeli peace treaty might be questioned might be shaken and israelis are you know have lost their illusions thirty years ago they hope to be a true peace would be a peace between the peoples and not just government to government and that hasn't panned out largely because of egyptian anger at israel as opposed to israeli anger in egypt so that's number one number two is there is hope there is hope that perhaps it will be major shift and we're talking about and we've learned this during the bush administration not just fake democracy. where there's an occasional vote and then dictatorships in name basically but we're talking a true democracy respect for minorities respect for women respect for gays respect for your neighbors and then of course we'll have a whole new middle east ok if i go to you do you agree with what we just heard there i mean a lot of people would say the palestinians are not ther
east the realities of the middle east are tough complex so right now there is what i consider hope and skepticism there's skepticism because yes for the first time in thirty years this egypt israeli peace treaty might be questioned might be shaken and israelis are you know have lost their illusions thirty years ago they hope to be a true peace would be a peace between the peoples and not just government to government and that hasn't panned out largely because of egyptian anger at israel as...
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and indeed north africa do you think the rest will go even beyond north africa and the middle east to other countries well it seems that there are certain parties and people like that. almost daily basis and they're talking about all this occur in china russia dress rehearsal we see the united states is very eager for this to occur. in persian the official language if you are at it without revolt you don't hear anything about countries like bahrain so yes i would say that there is. there is the possibility that this escalating go beyond the term we can use for this is called. destruction manufactured destruction you want to use this. well very interesting to hear what you have to say. a research associate from the center research on globalization joining us there in ottawa up thanks very much indeed for your analysis and your time thank you. well the first stage of the evacuation of russians from turbulent libya successfully ended with over three hundred people brought safely to moscow will describe the situation in the country as a nightmare they say that on their way to board aircra
and indeed north africa do you think the rest will go even beyond north africa and the middle east to other countries well it seems that there are certain parties and people like that. almost daily basis and they're talking about all this occur in china russia dress rehearsal we see the united states is very eager for this to occur. in persian the official language if you are at it without revolt you don't hear anything about countries like bahrain so yes i would say that there is. there is the...
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less in danger the world security obviously events in the middle east are top of mind. to discuss global military spending i'm joined by joel johnson in washington he's from the teal group corp an american aerospace and defense consulting company in stockholm we have paul holt i'm he is a senior researcher with the stockholm international peace research institutes arms transfer program and in oxford to go to d.p.i. in bass or a he is a policy advisor for oxfam and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger for a gentleman this is cross talk means you can jump in anytime you want i to go to very broadly and then go very specific to the middle east and i to go to joel first the united states accounts for two thirds of all. exported arms in the world are more arms creating a more stable world or a more destabilized world or you don't have it you don't see a direct correlation between the two well i don't see particularly a direct correlation i would that would note i know one of the common arguments is gee sometimes you supply both sides well where we have su
less in danger the world security obviously events in the middle east are top of mind. to discuss global military spending i'm joined by joel johnson in washington he's from the teal group corp an american aerospace and defense consulting company in stockholm we have paul holt i'm he is a senior researcher with the stockholm international peace research institutes arms transfer program and in oxford to go to d.p.i. in bass or a he is a policy advisor for oxfam and another member of our cross...
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to reconfigure how it views the middle east not to try to reshape the middle east to fit its own and i think that's a perfectly every nation you know wonderful valid id or it happens because israel our closest ally whom we protect at the same time his camp will leave that the u.s. has turned its back on the bar well i think that's that's not completely true sammy but these are the statements that are coming out of syria and some of the talking heads and pundits that in israel are saying things to that effect but others are saying it's time for israel not to trust and uncle sure. as you would say in hebrew to trust in the almighty so i think there's a problem that the perception is that israel and america are too close and it's not advantageous to israel or america israel can and or regularly says we can defend ourselves just just let's not they don't necessarily even need us foreign aid but you're going there only the biggest recipient was a really good thing about israel being appalled that the u.s. isn't stepping in to do something about keeping them but it can please what that say
to reconfigure how it views the middle east not to try to reshape the middle east to fit its own and i think that's a perfectly every nation you know wonderful valid id or it happens because israel our closest ally whom we protect at the same time his camp will leave that the u.s. has turned its back on the bar well i think that's that's not completely true sammy but these are the statements that are coming out of syria and some of the talking heads and pundits that in israel are saying things...
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coming up later in cross talk peter the valen his gas discuss why countries in the middle east spend so much on the military and how the u.s. justifies its big business in the region. the saudi and the g.c.c. states to me in part or somewhat comparable to what singapore switzerland their small populations they want people to know they have weapons system basically want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and he's using it charnock it purchased from the u.s. and other states so i'm not sure about that but not a missile or one could of course discuss the problem there but to say that they're not using it at all i think it would be a question. if you could. watch is divided over claims that the countries jews should be compensated for the property they lost during the second world war many including the government say the country was fighting against occupation at any cost necessary but jews claim that was just a pretext to steal from their families peter all of discovery. thousands of law being jews were robbed of their property money and in many cases th
coming up later in cross talk peter the valen his gas discuss why countries in the middle east spend so much on the military and how the u.s. justifies its big business in the region. the saudi and the g.c.c. states to me in part or somewhat comparable to what singapore switzerland their small populations they want people to know they have weapons system basically want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and he's using it charnock it purchased from the u.s. and...
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as bond and spreads across the oil rich middle east the world faces a surge in fuel prices threatening to try to economies into a new meltdown. not one but three mascots have been chosen as the symbols of a soldier twenty going to the winter olympics a stroke that put one of the most but followed by a code of back and a nationwide public followed but across russia. the wiki leaks founder sounds british justice by handing him over to sweden stocking up musicians of the book you say over how do you take shelter facing the most serious charges julian assange plans to appeal a court ruling to extradite him fairly he will not get a fair trial and start. as the headlines up next and following to be transported with al gore no and today in this shooter's you get me such a no escape president of the institute of the middle east in moscow is discussing the current turmoil in the region. hello again and welcome to spotlight the internship an r.c. i'll bring up on today we're talking about the iranian turmoil after a relatively peaceful change of power in tunisia popular unrest started spreading
as bond and spreads across the oil rich middle east the world faces a surge in fuel prices threatening to try to economies into a new meltdown. not one but three mascots have been chosen as the symbols of a soldier twenty going to the winter olympics a stroke that put one of the most but followed by a code of back and a nationwide public followed but across russia. the wiki leaks founder sounds british justice by handing him over to sweden stocking up musicians of the book you say over how do...
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it would not be either of these things either in the middle east or the things going on in the states would be quite easy or do you think that people in the middle class are responsible it off for where the economy is that right now you know it's wall street. journal assad is preparing to appear on the court's ruling that he can be extradited to sweden over rape allegations that we can weeks rather says the charges are baseless out of hand it over he believes he won't face a fair trial artie's or any reports now on why britain's agreed to extradite a son while granting safe haven to those a lot of far more serious charges. wiki leaks founder julian assange learns the court has ordered his extradition to sweden to face questions over rape allegations and he's got some interesting questions of his own why is it. that i am subject. unknown probably brief activity to a three hundred and sixty thousand dollars bail. why is it that i am kept. under electronic house arrest. when i have not even been charged in any country he's not be only one asking not particularly as the british government
it would not be either of these things either in the middle east or the things going on in the states would be quite easy or do you think that people in the middle class are responsible it off for where the economy is that right now you know it's wall street. journal assad is preparing to appear on the court's ruling that he can be extradited to sweden over rape allegations that we can weeks rather says the charges are baseless out of hand it over he believes he won't face a fair trial artie's...
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fred with public resentments against the ruling class is growing in the middle east have made bloody attacks on demonstrators as the region plunges into chaos as opposition leader was badly injured when police dispersed an anti-government rally and in libya at least fifteen people were killed on saturday when security forces opened fire on mourners attending a funeral procession for anti government activists it brings the total death toll to almost one hundred also one protester was shot dead in yemen discovered on sunday i will police open fire on a march of thousands of demonstrators and takes out of it marks the ninth consecutive day all protests in yemen volunteers also continued in bahrain to was armored vehicles and troops return to the streets of the capital for a report suggesting riot police which were behind brutal crackdowns of protesters used supplies made by british companies to clear a young girl in protest human rights activist bonnie pace said something to say about that he says the u.k. is being reckless. we can see across the middle east that the government is selli
fred with public resentments against the ruling class is growing in the middle east have made bloody attacks on demonstrators as the region plunges into chaos as opposition leader was badly injured when police dispersed an anti-government rally and in libya at least fifteen people were killed on saturday when security forces opened fire on mourners attending a funeral procession for anti government activists it brings the total death toll to almost one hundred also one protester was shot dead...